Africa is set to take the entire world by storm with the introduction of clothes and accessories made with exotic African fabrics
WE have been used to seeing different branded caps and hats, but we are yet to see them done in African prints. However we will soon begin to see more of them on both local and international runways.
With African influence ruling the global fashion scene now and many foreign designers presenting ethnic prints on the runways in London, Milan and Paris, many Nigerian designers, too, have been catching in on this trend to produce clothes and accessories with African prints such as Ankara, Adire, Kente prints, aso-oke and more.
And that explains why Crown Natures Nigeria Limited, manufacturers of different types of headwear, decided to do the ethnic thing by producing these cut-to-precision hats and face caps in African prints.
And there was no better place to present these proudly-Nigerian collection, other than at Studio 29 on Opebi Road, Ikeja, an outlet where ethnic clothes and accessories from different designers are sold.
Introducing the hats to the media recently, the Operations Manager of the company Mrs. Olubusola Gbaluwe explained said: “Our ethnic exotic caps and hats seek to increase the confidence of Africans in African originated fabrics and also give identity in unity to Africans across the globe, while revealing the inexhaustible potentials in Africa by Africans to non Africans on the globe as the next continent to watch out for.”
The company is set to take the fashion scene by storm as it unveils its unique range of baseball caps, Polo caps, Sun visors, bucket hats, special hats and Fidel Castro hats at a maiden fashion show at the MUSON Centre on January 25. The hats come in exotic African hand and machine print fabrics – Ankara, Tye & Dye (Adire), Kente, Aso oke and batik as a lifestyle brand.
Explaining why she decided to go into hat –making, Gbaluwe said: “ We conducted a research and discovered that there were no standard factories manufacturing hats in large quantities locally, so we went to China, met with and invited a Chinese manufacturer who own one of the biggest factories in China to Nigeria to help us set up the company. So we have been able to transfer technology from China to Nigeria with the support of the Bank of Industry (BOI).”
The cuts, the finishing of the hats makes them a collector’s item according to Mrs Gbaluwe, who explained that “we have identified every head as a potential hat wearer” hence the motive for organizing the show is to further promote and showcase the rich African culture, while increasing the existing value chain of cotton from a garment fabric to other fashionable accessories.
The show, which is being organised in collaboration with two young designers-Winner’s Couture and Mood’deo Couture promises to be a grand one.
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